Enciso rescues point in storm for Ipswich to deny Nottingham Forest

Julio Enciso equalised Neco Williams’s goal to give Ipswich a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest at Portman Road Amid a Suffolk squall, winds whipping in, a constant drum of rain, an encounter full of half-chances, mistakes and questions. Do Ipswich have the stones to deal with the big league this time? Perhaps so. How long can Nottingham Forest’s dip sustain before their president, Evangelos Marinakis, takes his usual course of action. Perhaps not much longer. Ipswich’s Gary O’Neil should be the happier manager, Forest creating the cleaner opportunities, only for familiar failings to count against them.

A first-half exchange of goals, both owing much to defensive laxness, determined the result. A long time since 1978, that year’s FA Cup winners taking on the First Division champions. So many shifting sands since, Ipswich’s aim is to establish themselves as Forest have in the Premier League. Liam Delap’s presence in the Forest ranks, the striker barracked on every touch, served as a reminder of the